UN envoy meets DPRK foreign minister

By Associated Press

Thursday, December 07, 2017, 14:06By Associated Press

Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, right, of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman shake hands at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, Dec 7, 2017. The senior United Nations official arrived in Pyongyang Tuesday for a visit to the country. (JON CHOL-JIN / AP)

Jeffrey Feltman’s visit comes amid high tensions on the peninsula fanned by tough talk and posturing by Pyongyang and Washington

Jeffrey Feltman, the UN under-secretary-general for political affairs, met with Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on the second full day of the highest-level UN visit to the DPRK since 2010. He arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday for a stay expected to last four or five days.

According to DPRK state-run media, Feltman discussed UN assistance and operations in the DPRK along with "other matters of mutual concern" during a meeting with the vice-foreign minister on Wednesday. Six UN agencies, with about 50 international staff, are represented in the DPRK.

The visit by Feltman, an American citizen and former State Department official, comes amid high tensions on the peninsula fanned by tough talk and posturing by Pyongyang and Washington.

In a speech to the UN General Assembly in September, Foreign Minister Ri defended his country's missile and nuclear programs as a "righteous self-defensive measure" in the face of US hostility and nuclear threats.

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